Guillermo Rivera

José Guillermo Rivera Escobar (born November 25, 1969) is a retired Salvadoran professional football player.

Club career Nicknamed Memo, Rivera came through the youth ranks at FAS, where he would stay for over a decade and win two league titles. In 1999, he moved abroad for a stint at Guatemalan side USAC. He returned to El Salvador to play for Salvadoran second division side Isidro Metapán alongside fellow international William Renderos Iraheta and finished his career at Once Lobos.

International career Rivera made his debut for El Salvador in 1988 and has earned a total of 74 caps, scoring 15 goals. He has represented his country in 22 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups and was a non-playing squad member at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup but did play at the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

His final international game was an August 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Jamaica.

International goals Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 18 April 1991 Estadio Rigoberto López, Managua, Nicaragua - 3-2 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup qualification 2 2 June 1991 Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, Costa Rica 1-2 1-2 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup 3 13 September 1992 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 2-1 3-1 Friendly match 4 17 September 1992 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras 1-0 1-1 Friendly match 5 1 November 1992 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 4-0 4-1 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 8 November 1992 Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada 1-1 3-2 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 7 29 November 1995 Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador 2-0 3-0 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup 8 3 December 1995 Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador 1-1 2-1 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup 9 5 May 1996 RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, United States 1-1 1-1 Friendly match 10 8 September 1996 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 1-0 5-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 11 8 September 1996 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 4-0 5-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 12 21 January 1998 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 1-0 2-0 Friendly match 13 29 February 2000 Estadio Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador 1-0 3-1 Friendly match 14 23 July 2000 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 3-1 7-1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 15 23 July 2000 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 4-1 7-1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life Rivera is married and has two children.